As the Light Plant's ongoing historian and long-time employee, I saved, collected and researched a LOT of memorabilia pertaining to the Hingham (MA) Municipal Light Plant. (HMLP) was conceived in early 1894 after a two-third's majority town vote to purchase the existing private utility and its customers, etc, from the Weymouth Light and Power Company. Lower electric service rates and street lighting costs were immediately enjoyed by residents due to town ownership of the utility. I contributed to HMLP's Centennial brochure in 1994 and it contains much information and many photographs from my collection. At any rate, here is a better view of what the Light Plant's square chestnut poles looked like c. 1900.....compared to my picture posting a few days ago. I recall a number of these square poles still in service in the 1960s as a kid. I never saw them elsewhere (then). The last square pole from the HMLP system was removed in the early 1980s. A former lineman for that utility commented "they were a bitch to climb!". For more information please refer to http://www.hmlp.com and click onto the About Us menu that is on the top left side of the utility's home page. Then drop-down to the History listing. Enjoy! Joe Maurath, Jr. PS...To any of any of you who know this area this photograph was taken looking uphill (southerly) on Central Street with South Street at the interesection that's receeded about 100 feet in the background. St. Paul's church was directly hehind the photographer on North Street. PPS...HMLP does not and never did generate its own electricity although plans were in progress during the mid-1910's to do so. These plans were not justified and the utility still purchases and sells electricity from its substation *at cost* (as other publicly-owned utilities do) from generation contracts (pursuant to Light Board Commissioners' approval) to their consumers. Operation, Administration, and etc. costs are added to municipal light plant rates depending upon the community and governing state statutes.